Welt-strip.



J. N. MULTON.

- WELT- STRIP. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27, 190e. RENBWED 00T.15, 1912.

1,064,980, Patented June 17, 1913.

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Patented June i7, i913.

Application le June 27, 1908, Serial No. 440,679. Renewed October 15, 1912. Serial No. 725,931.

To all whom t may concern.'

" sheet of fabric indicated at Be it known that l, JAMES N. MoUL'roN, of Haverhill, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Welt- Strips, of whichthe Vfollowing is a specification.

ln my co-pending application, Serial No. L149,711, filed on or about the 7th day of March, 1908, l have illustrated and described an improved welt shoe @provided with what l have termed a combination welt which is interposed between the up- 'per and the ordinary or usual welt.

lThe vpresent invention consists, of an 1m,--

provem'ent upon the combination welt therein illustrated and described, said improved combination welt consisting of an elongated strip of frictional rubber which is folded on a longitudinal line over a string or cord, the frictioned. surfaces of the strip being pressed together so as to adhere. This weltA strip may be furnished in any desirable lengths, and, by reason of its construction as described, is strong and durable and capable of withstanding the strains lto which the said welt is subjected in the shoe.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,-Figure 1 illustrates 1n cross section the fore-part ofthe shoe containing my improved combination welt. Fig. 2 represents the welt strip, in a portion of which the folds .of the strip are opened to illustrate .the cord or string therein.

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The combination'welt D, as illustrated in Fig. 2, consists of an elongated strip of rubber, `one face of which is frictioned as is provided with a layer of a suitable thin fabric which firmly adheres to the rubber, the face of the fabric being provided with a layerof material which is more or less tacky, so that, when the strip is folded along a longitudinal line as illustrated, the two folds d al will be caused to firmly adhere. Between the folds of the strip and at one edge thereof is an inelastic string, cord or tape d which has the effect of thickening the welt strip along said edge so as to cause it to snugly occupy the space between the welt/C and the upper B. IBy thus forming the combination welt as described, with a layer or sheetof fabric on the inner surface of thev folds 0f the strip, the strip is 4greatly strengthened so that it will not tear away from the stitches which yunite the upper and the inner sole, the stitches vwill not have a tendency to cut the ,welt when the latter is subjectedto varying strains in the use of the shoe upon the foot of the wearer, and the cord is confined and cemented in place so that the strip may be sold and shipped as a unitary article of manufacture.

Having thus explained the nature of my said invention and described a way of constructing and using the same, although without attempting to set forth all of the forms in whic'hit may be made or all of the modes of its use, what I claim is:

As anew article of manufacture, a welt Aof indeterminate length, consisting of an elongated narrow strip composedpf an outer layer of rubber, anv intermediate layer of fabric and an inner layer of tacky adhesive material, said strip being folded along a longitudinal line to bring the adhesive layers so as to adhere to each other, and a' nonelastic cord placed between the said folds at the folded edge and confined by the adherence of the tacky adhesive layer.

In testimony whereof I have aiiired my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES N. MOULTON.

Witnesseszi' A. L. FoLsoM, 12W. PEzzm'rI.

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